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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.3

CVE-2005-2368 json

vim 6.3 before 6.3.082, with modelines enabled, allows external user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharact…

published 2005-07-26 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-2369

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.7%
EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

vim 6.3 before 6.3.082, with modelines enabled, allows external user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) glob or (2) expand commands of a foldexpr expression for calculating fold levels.

Patch / fix

  • vim Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:6.3-085+1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2368

  • vim RHEL 3 1:6.3.046-0.30E.4
  • vim RHEL 4 1:6.3.046-0.40E.7
  • vim-X11 RHEL 3 1:6.3.046-0.30E.4
  • vim-X11 RHEL 4 1:6.3.046-0.40E.7
  • vim-common RHEL 3 1:6.3.046-0.30E.4
  • vim-common RHEL 4 1:6.3.046-0.40E.7
  • vim-minimal RHEL 3 1:6.3.046-0.30E.4
  • vim-minimal RHEL 4 1:6.3.046-0.40E.7

red hat advisories RHSA-2005:745

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2005-2368 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 vim 6.3.046-0.30E.4, vim-X11 6.3.046-0.30E.4, vim-common 6.3.046-0.30E.4, vim-minimal 6.3.046-0.30E.4, vim-enhanced 6.3.046-0.30E.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 vim 6.3.046-0.30E.4, vim-X11 6.3.046-0.30E.4, vim-common 6.3.046-0.30E.4, vim-minimal 6.3.046-0.30E.4, vim-enhanced 6.3.046-0.30E.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 vim 6.3.046-0.40E.7, vim-X11 6.3.046-0.40E.7, vim-common 6.3.046-0.40E.7, vim-minimal 6.3.046-0.40E.7, vim-enhanced 6.3.046-0.40E.7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 vim 6.3.046-0.40E.7, vim-X11 6.3.046-0.40E.7, vim-common 6.3.046-0.40E.7, vim-minimal 6.3.046-0.40E.7, vim-enhanced 6.3.046-0.40E.7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 vim 6.3.046-0.30E.4, vim-X11 6.3.046-0.30E.4, vim-common 6.3.046-0.30E.4, vim-minimal 6.3.046-0.30E.4, vim-enhanced 6.3.046-0.30E.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 vim 6.3.046-0.40E.7, vim-X11 6.3.046-0.40E.7, vim-common 6.3.046-0.40E.7, vim-minimal 6.3.046-0.40E.7, vim-enhanced 6.3.046-0.40E.7
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 vim 6.3.046-0.30E.4, vim-X11 6.3.046-0.30E.4, vim-common 6.3.046-0.30E.4, vim-minimal 6.3.046-0.30E.4, vim-enhanced 6.3.046-0.30E.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 vim 6.3.046-0.40E.7, vim-X11 6.3.046-0.40E.7, vim-common 6.3.046-0.40E.7, vim-minimal 6.3.046-0.40E.7, vim-enhanced 6.3.046-0.40E.7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:745

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Exploit prediction

2.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • lists.grok.org.uk http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-July/035402.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • guninski.com http://www.guninski.com/where_do_you_want_billg_to_go_today_5.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.